crotalum

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκρόταλον“clapper, castanet, rattle”
2. Latin · learned borrowing fromcrotalum
3. English todaycrotalum

Learned borrowing from Latin crotalum, from Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon, “clapper, castanet, rattle”). Doublet of crotal.

Words from the same roots